AUGUSTA (AP) — Police in Maine have released a surveillance image of a man who they say stole medication from a drugstore. Police released an image of the suspect Monday. Augusta Police Sgt. Eric Lloyd says the robbery happened at a Walgreens Pharmacy in Augusta Sunday morning. Lloyd says the suspect gave a pharmacist a […]
September 2018
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Ocean funding will benefit right whales, sea turtles, salmon
PORTLAND (AP) — The National Marine Fisheries Service is sending more than $6 million to nearly 30 marine conservation projects as part of its Species Recovery Grant Program. The grants are designed to help marine species that face threats in the wild. Four of the awards are going to the Maine Department of Marine Resources, […]
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Charity motorcycle ride returns after fatal crash
AUGUSTA (AP) — An annual charitable motorcycle ride in Maine has gone off without a hitch a year after a tragic crash that killed two riders. The Kennebec Journal reports about 1,000 riders participated in Sunday’s United Bikers of Maine Toy Run in carrying toys to donate to needy children. The event had a new […]
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Judge: No deal unless whistle-blower is rewarded
PORTLAND (AP) — A federal judge has scrapped a plea agreement calling for a cargo ship operator to pay $3.2 million for illegal discharges because nothing was provided for the whistle blower. U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen says a sailor from the Czech Republic deserves to be rewarded for reporting violations in 2017 on the […]
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We’re better than this
With respect to the Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination, we are being told by the fringe left that this highly-qualified jurist, who is a loving husband and dedicated father of two girls, is an evil misogynist who will single-handedly overturn Roe and who has ruled that women can be forced to have an abortion. Further, we […]
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Letters
It’s time for universal health care Have you, or someone you know, confronted a medical emergency without health coverage, or without the funds to pay the premiums, deductibles, or co-pays? Even with increased coverage under the Affordable Care Act’s health exchanges, some 40,000,000 Americans are still without any health insurance. Ever-increasing charges make medical care […]
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Sen. Collins: Stand up
Sen. Collins has told us she will not vote for a Supreme Court Judge who will overturn Roe v. Wade, or one who demonstrates a disrespect for the vital principle of stare decisis, that is for court precedent. She does not want an activist judge. Collins blames hyperpartisanship for poisoning political waters. Her Republican and […]
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Today in History
On Sept. 11, 2001, on America’s single-worst day of terrorism, nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 al-Qaida members hijacked four passenger jetliners, sending two of the planes smashing into New York’s World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon and the fourth into a field in western Pennsylvania. On this date In 1297, Scottish rebels […]
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Millions prep as Florence bears down on coast
RALEIGH, N.C. As mandatory evacuations begin for parts of three East Coast states, millions of Americans have been preparing for what could become one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the Eastern Seaboard in decades. Carrying winds of up to 140 mph (220 kph) as a Category 4 storm, Hurricane Florence is expected to […]